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A Pre-Game Look at the Fertitta Center’s Progress and Where Its New Seating Sections Will Post Up Inside

The plaza outside UH’s basketball arena — soon-to-feature a statue of the building’s former namesake Roy Hofheinz — is currently a mess of dirt and constructions vehicles working to make the place look like the rendering above. The big red Fertitta Center sign isn’t up yet; it’s set to rise over the glassier new entrance fronting Cullen Blvd.

On the inside, a new scoreboard,new AV equipment,bigger bathrooms and new food and retail are being added. The ceiling is going up 30 ft. above a brand-new court and some lower seating sections, creating a crater-like hole in the roof that — viewed from nosebleed land — will look something like this:

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Capacity will be slightly under 8,480 fans, a reduction from the arena’s previous seat count. The seating chart shows where they’ll all go:

Those opting into the Barcalounger and Lodge Loge sections — indicated in purple — above the west sideline get access to a new concession area between the upper and lower levels of seating which includes a cash bar:

The Lodge Loge seats are colorized in the rendering below:

Barcalounger seats provide even better zone coverage of the food area and include 35-in.-wide reclining armchairs:

Further from the food court and closer to the hard court are these floor seats along the north, east, and south sidelines:

In addition to in-seat food and drink service, ticket-holders in those areas get to strut inside through a private entrance to the stadium.

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This clown is starting to remind me of The Cheeto, what with blazing his name on buildings and all. Remember the good ole days when you had to have been long dead before a structure was named after you ? Now you just name it after yourself while you’re still alive.

First, it’s “loge”, not “lodge” seating.
Second, even state universities have learned how to monetize everything. A private entrance for ticket holders in the best sections? It’s just a college basketball game folks.

@C.L. Apparently you have not been on any college campus in years, every building, bench, tree, and brick is available for naming rights assuming you donate the right amount of money. Doesn’t matter if your dead or alive.

Wow. I am so out of touch. I actually though a college basketball game would primarily be for the students. But they get a dinky little section with the crappier seats in the house. If I were still in school, I would not step into that place on principle.